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The US State Department announced on Friday that the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award has been awarded to Ales Bialiatski and and Uganda’s Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law

Winners of the…

The UK newspaper Independent has reported Foreign Office advice to any black or Asian supporters going to Ukraine for this summer’s European Championship that they face the possibility of being racially abused..  It quotes a spokesperson for the Foreign Office as saying "You cannot rule out the possibility of racism towards visiting fans. There is a risk in Poland and Ukraine as with many other countries where England play. We encourage visiting fans to report any incidents to the…

Peaceful protest in support of honest elections and observance of Russia’s Constitution (which young people are animatedly reading in the picture) brought around 50 detentions during Saturday

Saturday in Moscow brought more peaceful protest “For Fair Elections”, and more detentions.  …

Telekritika reports that despite a negative opinion from parliamentary experts, a majority of members of the Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech voted on 16 May to recommend that a draft bill which would outlaw “propagandizing homosexuality” be passed as a base and refined for its second reading.   Draft Law No. 8711 “On amendments to some legislative acts regarding protection of children’s right to a safe information…